Bill Text: NY A09718 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes Christopher Dyroff to apply for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.353 [A09718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09718-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9718
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 5, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees
        AN ACT to authorize Christopher Dyroff to file an application for retro-
          active membership in the New York state and local  employees'  retire-
          ment system
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  Christopher Dyroff, a member of the New York state and local  employees'
     3  retirement  system,  who  on  October 16, 2008 commenced employment as a
     4  member of the planning board of the town of Highlands, in the county  of
     5  Orange,  a  participating employer, and who during May of 2015 commenced
     6  employment as a groundskeeper by the town of Haverstraw, in  the  county
     7  of  Rockland and became a member of such retirement system at that time,
     8  and who, for reasons not ascribable to his  own  negligence,  failed  to
     9  become  a  member  of the New York state and local employees' retirement
    10  system in 2008, shall be deemed to have joined such retirement system on
    11  October 16, 2008, the commencement of his employment as a member of  the
    12  planning  board of the town of Highlands, if within 1 year of the effec-
    13  tive date of this act he shall file an  application  therefor  with  the
    14  state  comptroller. Upon receipt of such application, Christopher Dyroff
    15  shall be deemed to have joined the New York state and  local  employees'
    16  retirement system during 2008.
    17    § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
    18  shall be borne by the town of Highlands, and there shall be no refund of
    19  member contributions to Christopher Dyroff.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--
          This  bill  will  grant  Tier 4 status in the New York State and Local
        Employees' Retirement System to Christopher Dyroff,  a  current  Tier  6
        member  employed  by  the  town  of  Haverstraw, by changing his date of
        membership to October 16, 2008, his first date of work with the town  of
        Highlands. There will be no refund of member contributions.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13611-05-6